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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1941
Page
6
The column notes Lou Gehrig’s private funeral and mentions a suggestion to rename the Yankees stadium Gehrig Stadium. It also references Leo Durocher and Hans Kolhaus in brief sports and war-related notes, plus a rumored $50,000 golf tournament under discussion.
Ingalls wins 9 8 in seventh when Herbert McFins singled to score Tody Parks for the winning run. Goodyear pitcher Lovelace struggles, but the Wingfoots rally to claim second place as McFlroy stars with three hits.
Riverside improves to a third straight victory by blasting Garrisons 13 to 3 behind Jervis Moore seven hit pitching. Clyde Smith starts a large fourth inning rally with a homer as Riverside plates seven runs and adds three more in the seventh. Moore hurls strongly as Summers, Freeman, Williams and Clyde Smith collect multiple safeties for Riverside.
Loop leading Alabama faces Garrisons, last night’s defeat lingers as they seek revenge. Garrisons are the only team to beat the Hosierymen this season. Riverside meets Disco Steel in the nightcap to close the card.
Charley Woodard of Eva visited M. G. Peck Friday evening. Philip Styles of Union Hill hosted guests Friday night. Orvan Davis and Mrs. Davis spent the weekend with her parents, the Peck family. The West family of Eva route 1 hosted Sunday visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Cortellon Chunn. M. G. Peck traveled to Decatur. G. C. Vincent and Ed Morrow joined Mr. and Mrs. Peck Saturday morning for a visit. Frank Armstrong and family were among the attendees.
Brooklyn Dodgers move into first place by a half game as St Louis Cardinals drop 4-2 to Boston Braves. Cardinals commit three errors fueling unearned runs while Dodgers rely on steady defense. Browns and White Sox win. Connie Mack night honors Athletics manager with gold plaque and watch.
Montgomery Alabama June 5 announces the appointment of Paul Pee Wee Wanniger as manager of the Montgomery Rebels of the Southeastern League. Wanniger, a Birmingham native, previously piloted Selma to fourth place last season and succeeds Neil Caldwell who was released Monday. He had a long minor league career with Alabama sand yet he had brief trials in the majors.
Week end guests of his mother stayed at Rock Creek. Carl Vice visited Hartselle on Saturday morning for business. E B Gurley was guest of J M Crawford Sunday afternoon. Miss Jo Peck returned home after visiting her sister Mrs Orval Davis in Decatur. Locals attended the Speer family concert and singing in Eva on Saturday night and Sunday.
American League Saint Louis defeats Washington 7 to 4. Chicago beats Philadelphia 6 to 1. New York at Detroit and Boston at Cleveland delayed by rain. National League Boston wins 4 to 2 over St. Louis. Pittsburgh at New York, Chicago at Brooklyn, and Cincinnati at Philadelphia all rained out. Southern League Memphis 12 Birmingham 4 called end 8th to catch train. Chattanooga 8 Knoxville 1. New Orleans 7 Little Rock 6 Nashville 5 and Atlanta 4 with rain ends 8th.
The Nashville Boys Club faces Decatur Boys Club with two champions on the roster Andy Lewis Tennessee middleweight and Harry Cooper Middle Tennessee welterweight. Worley Alexander of Decatur misses the state welter bout. Buster Terry may oppose Lewis as six Nashville fighters travel for the inter club clash. A large crowd recently watched Ensley Community House scraps and a strong program is anticipated next week with full bout schedule to follow.
A fragmentary poem by Charles Schaefer imagines Fammy Snead fading, Billy Conn with a crown of fame, and the New York Yankees facing the Dodgers in a fall showdown. The verse blends sport and aspiration with dreamlike sports imagery.
The article mentions Tyrrel Garth Jr of Beaumont starting at age 1S and 17 year old Gene Dahlbender of Atlanta with 300 yard drives. Presidents Harridge and Frick back turning the Cincinnati Cleveland exhibition at Cooperstown into a Lou Gehrig memorial. Open crown value cited at about 20 grand per year, with Sam Snead having led it for four years without the title.
Idaho Falls Post Register reports the Reds drop games regularly after experts predicted they would dominate last spring. Fellow teams are now beating them as the season unfolds.
Bud Taylor once terror of Terre Haute who earned $100000 with his fists now toiling as a boiler maker in Indianapolis for ten dollars a day. MGM signs Maxie Rosenbloom for Ringside Maisie as a featured star. Billy Evans may return to baseball next year as Milwaukee Brewers head.
The morning Pittsburgh item reports Billy Conn indicted for operating without a license. The remark adds a note about using it as motivation to flee.
Manahan or Hudson expected to be the Blue Devils pitching choice against Hillsboro as the team visits Alabama Park for the second game of the series. Hillsboro won the first game 7 to 2 and Hillsboro’s pitcher Terry is rumored to start. The Imps aim to rebound after a defeat marked by strong defense from Bush who yielded only four hits. The venue shift and a misprint placed the Huntsville game with Dallas Mills on a different date.
Baseball schedule listing games across cities including New York Detroit Boston Cleveland Philadelphia Chicago Washington St Louis St Louis Boston Chicago Brooklyn Cincinnati Philadelphia Atlanta Knoxville New Orleans Memphis Birmingham Little Rock Chattanooga Nashville.
Mysterious noises reported as a beast strikes fill volumes in SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK. Readers note odd auditory phenomena and local reactions as researchers investigate the eerie sounds.
In 1938 a hidden valley in the Snow Mountains of New Guinea yielded a Stone Age population of about 60 000. The group reportedly received its first visit from U.S. explorers last year, prompting renewed interest in remote cultures.
The page lists a large cryptic crossword with clues across and down including letters and numbers like Leaping amphibian and Dreary plus a Cryptoquote puzzle with a quotation. Yesterday's Cryptoquote features Cicero on probabilities and the updated line shows the cryptogram and publisher credit.
Luke Sewell, veteran catcher and Indians coach, was appointed manager of the St. Louis Browns for 1940 41, replacing Fred Haney in a two year contract announced by president Donald Barnes. The club had just won its second in a row to climb from cellar to seventh. Contract terms were not disclosed.
A large local crowd attended Sunday singing in Union Grove with families and residents from Green Brier Cove and nearby areas. Community members include Bud Slaten, J R Brown, W B Lemley, Ophelia Pritchett and Nora Myrtle Pritchett, plus several others visiting relatives and attending events at local churches and the P T A meeting.
Chattanooga moved into third place in the Southern Association by sweeping Knoxville 3-1 to take the series four games to one. Nashville beat Atlanta 5-4 to win their series three to one, while New Orleans edged Knoxville 7-6 tightening the race. Memphis crushed Birmingham 12-4 as the league pursued the changing margins behind leaders.
In Fort Worth Texas the National Open began on a par 70 Colonial Club course with Texas contenders like Jean Byron Nelson Benny Hogan Jimmy Demaret the Mangrum brothers Lloyd Ray Metz and Ralph Guldahl among favorites while defending champion Lawson Little and others including Gene Sarazen Sammy Snead Craig Wood and Paul Runyan joined a record field.
Atlanta Crackers manager Paul Richards was suspended three days and fined 25 dollars following an incident with umpire Paul Blackard in Nashville.
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